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“We don’t get many, but there can be a lot of issues around these. Council meetings can be very public, so it’s more about making sure it’s the right forum. We still conduct the hearing in public, it’s a lot less scrutiny than a regular council meeting. It feels more appropriate for some of the personal circumstances than what may be brought up.”

“The fact that we’ve had a website that has lasted eight years is phenomenal. It’s well past time to upgrade platforms and move along. … The increased engagement and increased communications to our citizens is greatly needed.”

"Right now, I’m just enjoying this journey and I’m not stopping.”

“The cultural residency program will allow us to bring onto our team a part-time Indigenous curator from the Stoney Nakoda. We believe that Indigenous stories need to be told by Indigenous people and our job is to give them the space to do so.”

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"If you drive into Edmonton, you see banners of my face. I was kind of used for a little bit of the promotion for the event, but that comes with a lot of pressure."

“We are talking 40 years ago. Some of the ideas that I really want to make sure are represented here is that when the project is completed, or being worked on, that the voices of our community residents, community organizations, are being included.”

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